Senior nurse Menglin Tang from our Center of Excellence West China Hospital in Chengdu went with her colleagues to Italy in March, to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The Chinese expert team was sent to the epicenter of the outbreak in Italy, the Lombardy province. For two weeks they introduced Italian medical teams to China’s … Continued
Photo by Scott Streble We’re delighted to announce the launch today of ICHOM Standard Set for Congenital Heart Disease (CHDSS), created by the ICHOM Congenital Heart Disease Working Group of 30 leading physicians, measurement experts and patient representatives from 24 organizations in 15 countries. Children’s HeartLink is a co-sponsor and a member of this … Continued
Photo by Scott Streble We’re happy to announce that three medical professionals, from Uganda, Haiti and Nepal, were selected to receive the Children’s HeartLink Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Services for professionals from low- and middle-income countries. They will receive training at two of our Centers of Excellence: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi, … Continued
The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. These photos (by Scott Streble) were taken during our nurse training exchange with our partner in India, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial (GKNM) Hospital in Coimbatore – at the time the coronavirus outbreak was only reported in China. Since then, life … Continued
Ithika, her family and Dr. Vijay at our partner hospital in Coimbatore, before Ithika was discharged This extraordinary story highlights the collaboration between two of our partner hospitals in India under difficult circumstances, in order to save the life of a child with heart disease. As India went into full lockdown to mitigate … Continued
Because of your support, you are making medical care for children like Aina in Malaysia both timely and accessible closer to home. This 18-month-girl from a small town had surgery at our partner hospital in Sepang, Serdang Hospital. These photos were taken a few days before Aina returned home after her journey of heart repair … Continued
Dr. Ji Peng, a pediatric cardiac intensive care physician, works at Children’s HeartLink Center of Excellence West China Hospital in Chengdu. At the beginning of February, her team went to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global outbreak began, to help care for COVID-19 patients. On March 25th, Dr. Peng shared her experience of working … Continued
Because more children with congenital heart disease are surviving, nearly 12 million people are living with congenital heart disease around the world. This is an increase of 18.7% since 1990. The number of deaths attributed to congenital heart disease has declined by 34.5% since 1990, from 398,580 to 261,247. Kavinaya (1) was born with a … Continued
Aishwarya’s mom: As long as my daughter is healthy, it is enough for me. Photos by Scott Streble Revathi from the Indian city of Tirupur was worried and frightened when the youngest of her three children, 5-month-old Aishwarya, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. She and her husband took their baby girl to a pediatrician … Continued
